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Summary: UDB
Review: An excellent work. A wonderful introduction to UDB and it's O-R extensions. Coverage of SQL extensive, the DBA aspects are briefly covered (but for this purpose there is the IBM documentation). As they say, if you buy one book about UDB, then this is it. Many examples, source can also be downloaded from publisher's site. (The work doesn't cover UDB V6, but enchancements in 6 are limited).
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Summary: Good rewrite of basics, advanced stuff not complete
Review: As an experienced DBA and DB developer in just about every major DB product except DB2, I was disappointed that there is no book on the market explaining "in DB2, feature A works like this; feature B goes like that; feature C is entirely unique, etc. etc."
However, due to the detail and simply great authoring of the chapters regarding basic data management and data definition, everything is revealed to the trained DBA eye. It was a pleasure to read, frankly, but I'm not sure if a beginner would be able to 'read between the lines' as I did.
This book would be five stars but for the following problems- the cover seems to have be constructed with tissue paper, and in my opinion the chapters regarding embedded/external language (C, Java, etc.) and DBA administration should be carved out and put in seperate books, where they can be given proper attention.
Furthermore, codepages and general management of multilingual characters are simply absent, which is great shame because as far as I can see DB2 has the best management of all the major DB products. I'd really like to know if I'm fully exploiting the 'graphic' (double-byte character) datatype and charset translation features.
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Summary: Good rewrite of basics, advanced stuff not complete
Review: As an experienced DBA and DB developer in just about every major DB product except DB2, I was disappointed that there is no book on the market explaining "in DB2, feature A works like this; feature B goes like that; feature C is entirely unique, etc. etc."
However, due to the detail and simply great authoring of the chapters regarding basic data management and data definition, everything is revealed to the trained DBA eye. It was a pleasure to read, frankly, but I'm not sure if a beginner would be able to 'read between the lines' as I did.
This book would be five stars but for the following problems- the cover seems to have be constructed with tissue paper, and in my opinion the chapters regarding embedded/external language (C, Java, etc.) and DBA administration should be carved out and put in seperate books, where they can be given proper attention.
Furthermore, codepages and general management of multilingual characters are simply absent, which is great shame because as far as I can see DB2 has the best management of all the major DB products. I'd really like to know if I'm fully exploiting the 'graphic' (double-byte character) datatype and charset translation features.
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Summary: Excellent book. The only DB2 UDB reference you may ever need
Review: Be it the fundamental SQLs or the major changes to DB2 under the Universal Database umbrella, you can find everything in this book. The time spent on every detailed aspect of this book needs to be appreciated, even the pictures at the beginning of every chapter are so meticulously done. A must for any DB2 UDB professional.
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Summary: DB2 for UDB Application developers must have this book!
Review: Common table expressions and super groups are very well explained in this book, with many detailed examples . The examples progress in a well defined manner. I agree with jbrunton that more Java JDBC and SQLJ examples would be useful.
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Summary: ...A carry-on item.
Review: Don's "A Complete Guide..." is both, TOP-SHELF; and a CARRY-ON ITEM (wgth:28.35ozs, 1,347grams). Don and his editorial team have achieved an enjoyable; comprehensive; and succinct treatment of DB2/UDB in a mere 767 pages. More than just a great guide, Don gives us glorious insights into our burgeonning world of multi-Domain Enterprise Servers, --so anyone involved in learning more about the "Open" approach will enjoy it. The Table of Contents reads as a Primary-Menu to the evolving family of DB2 system products and provides very nice gleanings of the emerging SQL3 forward posture.DB2 professionals will likely be packing their own personalized-annotated copies along with their lap-tops and backup tooth brushes.
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Summary: Worthless
Review: I bought this book when I started out in DB2. It's interesting, humorous style made for easy-reading and I covered most of the book within 2 weeks. This book is not a reference text or a thorough description of the more advanced areas of DB2, but covers the entry level to intermediate levels brilliantly.
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Summary: Excellent book for Beginners
Review: I bought this book when I started out in DB2. It's interesting, humorous style made for easy-reading and I covered most of the book within 2 weeks. This book is not a reference text or a thorough description of the more advanced areas of DB2, but covers the entry level to intermediate levels brilliantly.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I usually stay away from computer books entitled "Complete Guide to..." or 'Complete Reference of..." as they are usually pretty worthless, being clogged up with snapshots of the administrators console and windy discussions of mundane administrative tasks. This book was different. This book provides an excellent overview of DB2 Universal Database, especially for people who may have experience with other database managers and are just starting to work with DB2. Most of the topics are covered reasonably well and give the reader a great overview of DB2's capabilities. One exception is that DB2's support for parallel databases was not covered to the degree that the topic deserves. The programming examples were fairly helpful. However, more and better examples of external stored procedures should have been included in the book, especially trendy (but important) examples written in Java using SQLJ or JDBC.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I usually stay away from computer books entitled "Complete Guide to..." or 'Complete Reference of..." as they are usually pretty worthless, being clogged up with snapshots of the administrators console and windy discussions of mundane administrative tasks. This book was different. This book provides an excellent overview of DB2 Universal Database, especially for people who may have experience with other database managers and are just starting to work with DB2. Most of the topics are covered reasonably well and give the reader a great overview of DB2's capabilities. One exception is that DB2's support for parallel databases was not covered to the degree that the topic deserves. The programming examples were fairly helpful. However, more and better examples of external stored procedures should have been included in the book, especially trendy (but important) examples written in Java using SQLJ or JDBC.
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